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South Korea Implements Real-Time Face Recognition for New Mobile Phone Registrations

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Seoul, Dec 23 (IANS) South Korea on Tuesday launched a trial period for a new policy requiring people to undergo real-time face recognition when registering a new mobile phone number, as the government aims to curb scam attempts using illegally registered accounts.The country’s three mobile carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus — along with mobile virtual network operators, will be required to follow the procedure in both in-person and remote settings under the new policy, which is …